Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 3.7 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 27.25% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~123.4 million people (123.0 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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